City Lights Booksellers & Publishers Announces November 2013 Events
By: Rosie Hertzman Nov. 04, 2013
HOT OFF THE PRESS FROM CITY LIGHTS PUBLISHERS
Ghost Tantras
by Michael McClure
City Lights/Grey Fox Series
$13.95 ISBN 9780872866270 Paperback
Michael McClure is a living legend. One of the poets who participated in the famous Six Gallery reading that featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poemHowl, he was immortalized by Jack Kerouac in his novel Big Sur. Ghost Tantras is Michael McClure's singular manifesto for a poetry that relies not on images and pictures, but on muscular, sensual, energetic sound. First published in 1964 and long unavailable, this beautiful 50th anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author brings the legendary classic back into print.
Join us for the book release party at City Lights on Wednesday, November 20th at 7pm!
CITY LIGHTS AT 60
Our 60th anniversary events series is nearing its end, but we still have a bit more party left in us. Don't miss the remaining events in the celebration!!
SMALL BUSINESS LOVE
Sandwiched between Black Friday and this newish, depressing thing called Cyber Monday, is Small Business Saturday. It's on Nov. 30th, and City Lights thanks you for your support, but if you'd rather hole up and avoid this whole consumerism thing, which goes bonkers that weekend in November, we can't say that we blame you. We'll still be here, open 10 am until midnight, just as we are every day, and always at www.citylights.com.
Live! From City Lights
On a recent Live! From City Lights podcast, Gary Kamiya explored San Francisco, from the mighty Golden Gate Bridge to the raunchy Tenderloin to the soaring sea cliffs at Land's End. Enjoy!
Check out our other recordings here.
City Lights Blog
". . . it isn't about what I'm doing, that people don't understand. People don't understand themselves, and so they project their fears and their anxieties onto me."-Karen Finley
"I'm never happier than when I can write about drained swimming pools and abandoned hotels."-J.G. Ballard
And so much more on the blog!
Events at City Lights
November 6,7,9 - City Lights at 60: Subtle Channels - An OuLiPo Laboratory: Present, Past, and Future. A multi-day celebration that brings together members of the OuLiPo with Bay Area creators.
November 12 - City Lights at 60: Surrealisme: Theory, Practice, and in Play. Learn about City Lights' connection to Surrealism with Garrett Caples, Peter Maravelis, and more!
November 14 - An evening with Trinh T. Minh-ha, exploring the release of D-Passage: The Digital Way.
November 17 - Daisy Cockburn and Jeffery St. Clair celebrate the release ofAlexander Cockburn's book, A Colossal Wreck.
November 19 - City Lights at 60: Women of the Beat Generation. Celebrating the howls, raps and roars of ruth weiss and Joanna McClure, hosted by Brenda Knight.
November 20 - Join us with Michael McClure as we celebrate the release of Ghost Tantras from City Lights!
November 21 - Barry Gifford reads from The Roy Stories.
November 30 - City Lights at 60: The Ecology of Consciousness. A special presentation with Ralph Metzner exploring the navigation of states of consciousness.
View a complete listing of our upcoming events here.City Lights Authors on the Road
Alli Warren reads from her debut book Here Come the Warm Jets with stops in New York and San Diego.
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore continues along the East Coast for The End of San Francisco with events in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Middleton, and Amherst.
Find out when they'll be in your area next! Click here for a complete listing of cities and dates.
Rare Books
What Is Poetry
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Ojai Poetry Festival 2005 edition.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's ars poetica, an ongoing project which he is constantly revising and expanding.
Available online only at www.citylights.com.
The Canticle of Jack Kerouac
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Handsome chapbook by Ferlinghetti. Sewn by hand into Canson covers and Ingres Antique endsheets. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Fine condition.
Available online only at http://www.citylights.com.
Check out our online collection of rare books.
Hardcover Bestsellers at City Lights
The Circle by Dave Eggers (Doubleday)
Tesla, Inventor of the Electrical Age by Bernard Carlson (Princeton University Press) Riprap and Cold Mountain Poemsby Gary Snyder (Counterpoint)Susan Sontag, The Complete Rolling Stone Interview by Susan Sontag and Jonathan Cott (Yale University Press)
Paperback Bestsellers at City Lights
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon (Harper Collins)
An Army of Lovers by Juliana Spahr and David Buuck (City Lights)How Music Works by David Byrne (McSweeneys)I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons (Harper Collins)Comments
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